[1st Anniversary Post]

Hard to belive it's been one full year since I started posting this. Let me go on a rant here, if you don't mind.

As some of you may know, this isn't the first I wrote for CHYOA. I first started continuing a branch on Chearleader Destiny that I saw some potential in (this was on February 14, if you can get a kick out of that). That was my first time writing erotica of any kind. I had spent some years writing fanfiction during my teens, but nothing with sexual content.

Then I wrote a branch on Wet Dreams since my chapters on Cheerleader Destiny weren't getting approved. Sadly, I'm not entirely satisfied with how that turned out. I was winging it without a clear vision in mind. Still, I guess I learned of the things NOT to do when writing.

I finished that, and I got the itch to write something with my own promise for once. I knew I wanted a harem story, since that's what I like the most. I wanted an excuse that could make a harem a realistic posibility and make it happen in little time. That's how The Affection Multiplier was born. I wanted characters you could belive in and you could come to like. I'd read too many boring, cock-hungry sluts and asshole protagonists to want to give something different, with a little more thought put into it.

Even so, I never thought this would end up the 2nd most liked story in the site. Of course, I huge shoutout goes to every author contributing, especially to those who are putting so much effort into their stories. It's only thanks to them that this story is as high in the top 10 as it is.

And of course, the biggest shoutout goes to MrWhysper. He had been very active around here and I was getting worried about the amount of people submiting new branches. Since I knew he was reading most of them, I asked him if he could lend a hand, and he agreed. It took a huge weight off my shoulders. I owe him a lot.

Now, about some projects.

My main story, the David Walker branch here, has become so much more than I even thought. I guess that, again, speaks of how little foresight I have for my own projects. I promised 11 characters getting into the harem in the characters page, then I believed I wouldn't be able to do it, but finally decided to go through with it. It's been a full year and only just now the 6th member got it. However, I don't think it will take another year of the other 5. Hopefully I'm right this time.

If there's one thing I regret about it, though, is how I started it in 2nd person. As you may have noticed in the current Japan arc, I tried to give the character of David Walker a more in depth backstory, a family and develop his personality, something I guess is not very suited for 2nd person narrative. Still, I tried.

When that story is done, I might continue writing for it if there's enough interest. It would mostly be side stories and slice of life chapters, but there are a lot of scenarios I've thought of that just don't fit in the middle of the story.

Then there's the Simon Sinclair branch. That one was born out of a necesity to write something different when I was getting burned out on the main branch. It's also... extremely personal in a certain way. I want to go back to it at some point, and I still write for it every once in a while, but not much. I like that one, and I want to see it through, even if it's short. It's just hard to do considering it also started as a way to... vent some personal frustrations.

My other story, The Spirit of Lust, was just a way to write the kinkier ideas I had without completely running over the themes and story of the David Walker branch. I've had some ideas to go even wilder and outright turn it into an Urban Fantasy story with magic and combat just for the hell of it. I admit, I think it has potential.

And then there's the story I teased a while back. Deus Terra. That's still being worked on and it's my most important project aside from TAM. I've written and deleted the prologue about 6 times. I've changed my protagonist even more. I constantly look over it and ask myself "who the fuck would want to read this?". It's a huge project that challenges me in ways The Affection Multiplier can't, but it's also something I really want to make.

I admit it. As a writer, I want my stuff to be read and enjoyed by as many people as possible. If I didn't, I wouldn't publish at all. But I also want to write what I want, what I like. It's hard to find balance between just doing what I want and giving readers a worthwhile story.

I made a patreon because of life circumstances, and I won't lie, I hope to grow enough so that I can live off of writing. I would be a fucking dream. I could ask for nothing more.

That's enough rammbling. Thank you for reading this, if you did, and I hope I can continue creating stories you will find enjoyable. I will keep working hard.

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Thanks, everyone!

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